Gear Lists
Please note that if you are participating in one of the Festival clinics it is important you bring all the gear and equipment listed for your clinic.
Gear List – Ice & Mixed Clinics
Gear List – Intro to Back Country Ski Touring
Equipment Rental
Every year we receive questions about renting avalanche gear (transceiver, shovel, probe), ice axes and crampons. If it is in your gear list, it is MANDATORY. It is difficult to arrange hire in Queenstown so you may need to consider renting it from a local club in your home town. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide or arrange hire of avalanche equipment.
Our sponsor Mountain Journeys rents avalanche safety gear, and suitable axes / crampons etc. for snowcraft courses (their axes will not be suitable for Mixed, Ice, or Chicks and Pics). Check out their website!
If they have run out of gear, try the following stores for gear rental: